Cardiff comes behind other UK capitals in terms of both wealth and wellbeing. Innovative policies are required to reverse the damage done by the decline of heavy industry, argues Abigail Watson, Research Intern at the Legatum Institute (LeftFootForward.org)

The heavy dose of economic liberalism needed to secure Argentinian prosperity is the natural territory for the party of newly appointed president, Mauricio Macri. The question is, can he do enough? By Harriet Maltby, Head of Policy Research at the Legatum Institute (CapX)

Here's one idea for what Mark Zuckerberg can do with his multi-billion dollar philanthropic pledge: save public discourse and debate! By Anne Applebaum, Director of the Transitions Forum at the Legatum Institute (Washington Post)

Population growth—not capitalism—is the biggest cause of climate change, and the best way to save the planet is to give women more control over their own fertility, argues Legatum Fellow Victoria Bateman (CapX)

Venezuela’s President Maduro lacks the phenomenal propaganda talents of his predecessor Chavez, and the socialist revolution is losing ground as a result, argues Daniel Lansberg-Rodriguez (Democracy Lab)

Drawing on data from the 2015 Legatum Prosperity Index, Abigail Watson, Research Intern, reveals how after 10 years in the job, David Cameron's promises have failed to materialise (LeftFootForward.org)

The solution to family and societal breakdown is not to blame feminists, but to remove obstacles that prevent men from escaping from their own stereotype, writes Victoria Bateman, Legatum Institute Fellow (CapX)

If the Chancellor is serious about securing the future of the UK, the focus must go back to deficit elimination and true leadership in revolutionising our public services, writes Harriet Maltby, Government and Economics Researcher at the Legatum Institute (ConservativeHome)

In her latest column for the Washington Post, the Legatum Institute's Director of the Transitions Forum, Anne Applebaum, explains how the Russian media are using the downing of the Russian jet fighter as part of a wider conspiracy theory

Yet they’re currently holding Britain back in the Legatum Institute’s Prosperity Index. The Government can change this—if it wants to, writes Abigail Watson, Research Intern at the Legatum Institute (ConservativeHome)

Free markets are losing the support of the public, and determined political leadership is needed to restore faith in enterprise. But is the required attitude outside the Conservative party’s comfort zone? Louie Brockbank, Intern at the Legatum Institute, writes for ConservativeHome

In the wake of Friday's attacks in Paris, Anne Applebaum, Director of the Legatum Institute's Transitions Forum, explains why extremists must not be allowed to capitalise on Europe's insecurity (Washington Post)

Russia is reverting to old patterns of behaviour with Putin’s Ukrainian and Syrian adventures. Military strength and disinformation is being used in the same way as under the Soviets, says Anne Applebaum, Director of the Legatum Institute’s Transitions Forum (Commentary magazine)

Aung San Suu Kyi has been the face of Burma's pro-democracy opposition for more than 20 years—5 of them spent in detention. Today, her party looks set for a landslide victory in the country's historic 2015 elections. Christian Caryl, Democracy Lab editor and Legatum Institute Senior Fellow, is in Rangoon to find out how people feel towards Suu Kyi today.

The Conservatives' General Election success rested on a pronounced shift to more optimistic economic expectations among the population during the course of 2014, according to findings from the 2015 Legatum Prosperity Index™—by Louie Brockbank for ConservativeHome

Capitalism has a track record of alleviating poverty. But if the government wants to highlight its successes, it needs to tame its worst excesses first—by Tim Montgomerie, Senior Fellow at the Legatum Institute (New Statesman)

The Nordic Model is often referred to as 'the exception which disproves the rule that big government is negative for long-term growth'. Yet, a closer look at the evidence reveals the Nordic economies aren’t exceptional at all, writes Graeme Leach, Senior Fellow at the Legatum Institute (City A.M.)

As Greeks commemorate their 'OHI' to Italy's fascist regime and their joining the Allies in World War II, they will be contemplating a far grimmer scenario for the year ahead, writes Nick Dimou, Communications Assistant at the Legatum Institute (Huffington Post)

The Soviet Union had “useful idiots.” Vladimir Putin has an array of European allies willing to advance his cause, writes Anne Applebaum, Director of the Transitions Forum at the Legatum Institute (Washington Post)

Politicians, on both the Right and the Left, have been highlighting the problems facing the poorest men in our society—however, Legatum Fellow Victoria Bateman argues it is the women at the botttom, who really need our help (CapX)

The European Union is a disaster area for free trade agreements - and one whose share of global GDP is actually shrinking, writes Harriet Maltby, Government and Economics Researcher at the Legatum Institute (Daily Telegraph)

Tunisia's sovereignty is already at risk, and its destiny now seems to depend largely on negotiations between an international oligarchy and the national plutocracy, writes Fadil Aliriza and Nadia Marzouki (openDemocracy)

Anne Applebaum, Director of the Legatum Institute's Transitions Forum, participated in an ABC podcast on Hungary's struggle to meet the challenge of the thousands seeking escape from violence in places like Syria and Iraq.

We all know that not enough homes are being built in London. But when London’s new mayor is elected in May 2016, will he or she start to build real places, places for life, places that become part of London? James Fischelis, urban consultant and author of The Urban Escalator explains how London can learn from its slums of the past.

Ukraine's far right is armed and angry. Can it be contained? Legatum Institute Senior Visiting Fellow, Anton Shekhovtsov, participated in a RFE/RL podcast on whether nationalist groups are out of control and risk becoming a mortal threat to the country's pro-Western authorities' efforts to establish a cohesive state and a functioning democracy.

In thinking more carefully about the language we use to describe capitalism, we may also consider what is good about the different blends of democratic capitalism out there—and which models have lost their way, writes Tim Montgomerie, Senior Fellow to the Legatum Institute (CapX)

Donald Trump has brought the language and ideas of birthers, truthers, and conspiracy theorists onto the national stage, writes Anne Applebaum, Director of the Transitions Forum at the Legatum Institute (Washington Post)

The international community's attempt to bring peace to Libya treats the symptoms but ignores the root causes of the conflict, writes Fadil Aliriza, Visiting Fellow at the Legatum Institute (Democracy Lab)

Historian Robert Conquest revealed the horrors of the Soviet Union long before many were willing to believe, writes Anne Applebaum, Director of the Transitions Forum at the Legatum Institute (Washington Post)

In its latest attack against her, Venezuela's regime has barred Maria Corina Machado from office—but as she has proved before now, she won't go without a fight, writes Juan Cristóbal Nagel for Democracy Lab.

Citizenship as an inclusive project that gives hope through shared struggle is a powerful vaccine against violent ideology, writes Fadil Aliriza, Visiting Fellow at the Legatum Institute (Middle East Eye)

It has become clear that Russia is pursuing an ambitious grand strategy: divide the EU, undermine Nato, reverse the European transitions and the post-cold war settlement, writes Anne Applebaum, Director of the Transitions Forum at the Legatum Institute (Financial Times)

Contentious politics in a strong, empowered parliament could help Tunisia prevent the consolidation of political power in the executive branch, writes Fadil Aliriza, Visiting Senior Fellow to the Legatum Institute's Transitions Forum.

In his ambition to move Britain towards a ‘new settlement of responsibility and prosperity’, George Osborne has set himself an impossible task, writes Harriet Maltby, Government and Economics Researcher at the Legatum Institute (CapX)

David Cameron's former chief strategist, Steve Hilton, still doesn't doesn’t get it: You need to shrink the state to make it human, writes Graeme Leach, Senior Fellow at the Legatum Institute (City A.M.)

Joana Alfaiate, Research Analyst at the Legatum Institute, is the author of a new research paper that looks at entrepreneurship and opportunity in Latin America, based on trends outlined in the Legatum Prosperity Index™ over the past five years.

Education, safety and the opportunity to become your own boss all matter as much or more than the headline GDP figures, writes Nathan Gamester, Programme Director to the Prosperity Index at the Legatum Institute (ConservativeHome)

Diosdado Cabello is the second most powerful man in Venezuela after President Nicolás Maduro. Nominally, he is the head of the country's single-chamber legislative body, the National Assembly, but his influence extends throughout the armed forces and the judiciary. As a result, he has been called the Frank Underwood of Venezuelan politics.

Democracy celebrated a high point last year when a combined 700 million people in India and Indonesia cast their votes in national elections. Now, as the two countries' new leaders approach the end of their first year in office, many are asking what has come of their anti-corruption promises.

Libya's democratic transition is failing. Civil war is tearing the country apart as rival governments vie for power. An international attempt at mediation has produced few tangible results, and those in the know are pessimistic about the prospects for a deal. Meanwhile the economy is grinding to a halt; officials struggle to maintain basic services.

In the streets, paths, and paddy fields of hundreds of Burmese towns and villages, thousands of protesters are mobilising, in creative and often radical ways, for everything from constitutional change, to educational liberalisation, to improved labor standards, to fair energy prices.

James Comey, the director of the FBI, in arguing for more Holocaust education, demonstrated just how badly he needs it himself, writes Anne Applebaum, Director of the Transitions Forum at the Legatum Institute (Washington Post)

Anne Applebaum, Director of the Transitions Forum at the Legatum Institute, participated in a 'Munk Debate' in Toronto, where the speakers made the case for, and against, cooperation between Russia and the West.

Has Putin’s Russia developed a new kind of information warfare—fought in the ‘psychosphere’ rather than on the battlefield? Or is it all just a giant bluff? By Peter Pomerantsev, Senior Fellow to the Transitions Forum at the Legatum Institute (The Guardian)

Why does anyone think the State Department would have been a safer place to store Hillary Clinton’s email, asks Anne Applebaum, Director of the Transitions Forum at the Legatum Institute (Washington Post)

This weekend, the Egyptian government will welcome delegates from around the world to the resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh for an investment conference described by Egypt's investment minister, Ashraf Salman, as the “backbone” of the country's future economic growth.

Five years on from the country's debt crisis, International Women's Day 2015 finds women in Greece struggling with low pay, few choices and fear, writes Nikolaos Dimou, Communications Assistant at the Legatum Institute.

As Russian forces consolidate their gains in Ukraine over the flat protests of Western leaders, the specter of Russian revanchism is keeping much of Eastern Europe on edge. But lumbering tanks and legions of insta-separatists aren't the only concern. Ukraine isn't Russia's only target.

We may regret letting the German chancellor be the key to solving Europe’s looming crises in Greece and Ukraine, writes Anne Applebaum, Director of the Transitions Forum at the Legatum Institute (​Washington Post​)

The family offers the best shield against increasing loneliness and isolation - our politicans mustn't be afraid to talk about it, writes Cristina Odone, Director of Communications at the Legatum Institute (Daily Telegraph)

The Legatum Prosperity Index shows the UK is gathering speed and catching up to the US when it comes to prosperity, writes Harriet Maltby, Government and Economic Researcher at the Legatum Institute (ConservativeHome)

Novella Bottini, Econometrician at the Legatum Institute reacts to the launch of a new report, launched by Shadow Chancellor, Ed Balls, on engineering greater, and 'inclusive', prosperity around the world (e-Politix)

Peter Pomerantsev, Senior Fellow to the Transitions Forum at the Legatum Institute, gives an insider's account of Russia's TV channel industry, and why the West has every reason to be terrified (Politico)

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